NEWMAN OUTDOOR FIELD The Bison at Newman Outdoor Field Year W-L Pct. 1997 5-0 1.000 1998 14-3 .824 1999 6-10 .375 2000 14-4 .778 2001 6-6 .500 2002 9-7 .563 2003 11-3 .786 2004 11-6 .647 2005 5-8 .385 2006 5-4 .556 2007 11-8 .579 2008 5-4 .556 2009 5-10 .333 2010 9-6 .600 2011 11-8 .579 2012 12-6 .667 2013 7-4 .636 2014 9-6 .600 2015 12-7 .632 2016 17-5 .773 2017 14-5 .737 2018 11-4 .733 22 yrs. 209-124 .628 orth Dakota State University’s baseball and 13 feet high in left field is accompanied by Largest Home Crowds (since 1997) team has played and practiced on a digital scoreboard. The stadium has superior 1,781 Minnesota 4-25-2012 1,276 North Dakota 3-31-2012 campus at Newman Outdoor Field since lighting for evening and late-night games and a 1,079 Minnesota 5-10-2008 1997. full-sized infield tarp for foul weather. 1,023 Minnesota 5-3-2011 N Completed in June 1996 at an original cost Newman Outdoor Field was the site of the 1,019 Minnesota 5-3-2006 of $5.5 million, the stadium’s permanent seating 2000 North Central Conference tournament and 1,007 Minnesota 4-28-2010 capacity is 4,172 fans. Naming rights were the 2009 American Legion Baseball World Se- 954 Minnesota 4-22-2009 922 Minnesota 4-26-2005 awarded to Harold Newman, founder of Newman ries. It is also home to the annual Fargo Blues 868 North Dakota 4-27-2004 Outdoor Advertising, for $1.5 million in 1998. Fest. 768 Omaha 4-12-2014 Dimensions are 318 feet to left field, 399 The Bison previously hosted games one 712 North Dakota 4-9-2003 feet to left-center field, 408 to center field, 365 mile east of campus at Jack Williams Stadium, Largest Road Crowds (since 1997) to right-center, and 314 down the right-field line. the Fargo American Legion facility. 4,038 at Wichita State 3-29-2008 The surface is natural grass. NDSU also played on the artificial turf of 3,997 at Arizona 2-17-2012 Dressing rooms are located under the former Bison football stadium Dacotah Field, 3,408 at Oregon State 5-30-2014 stadium behind each dugout, and there is an and an on-campus diamond at 17th Avenue and 3,341 at Wichita State 3-1-2009 3,235 at Wichita State 3-28-2008 indoor batting cage. A two-tiered press box Albrecht Boulevard that was lost to construc- 3,102 at Wichita State 3-30-2008 with radio and television booths provides ample tion of the Fargodome after the 1990 baseball 3,090 at Wichita State 2-27-2009 working space high above home plate between season. 2,974 at Wichita State 3-5-2006 12 spectator suites. 2,920 at Arizona 2-18-2012 An LED video board measuring 26 feet wide 2,875 at Wichita State 3-3-2006 2,831 at Arizona 3-9-2018 2,709 at Arizona 3-11-2018 2,693 at Wichita State 3-4-2006 COACHING HISTORY NDSU by the Years Overall Conference Overall Conference Year W L T W L Finish Year W L T W L Finish All-Time Coaching Records 1909 4 3 — — — 1974 13 15 7 6 4th Years 1910 11 3 — — — 1975 7 13 3 6 6th Coach Coached Yrs. W L T Pct. 1911 4 3 — — — 1976 12 26 5 15 7th (tie) 1912 7 2 1 — — — 1977 9 19 4 8 4th** Tod Brown 2008-18 11 272 298 .477 1913 10 5 — — — 1978 13 22 6 14 8th Mitch McLeod 1993-07 15 347 322 4 .519 1914 11 2 — — — 1979 2 17 1 7 7th Jim Pettersen 1985-92 8 131 203 3 .393 1915 8 7 — — — 1980 9 26 3 13 7th George Ellis 1980-84 5 62 138 .310 1916 10 3 — — — 1981 13 29 6 10 6th Rolf Kopperud 1978-79 2 15 39 .278 1920 8 0 — — — 1982 9 34 6 12 7th Bucky Burgau 1974-77 4 41 73 .360 1921 4 7 1 — — — 1983 15 25 3 9 3rd** Arlo Brunsberg 1971-73 3 45 30 .600 1922 4 4 — — — 1984 16 24 3 9 4th** Ron Bodine 1969-70 2 26 15 .634 1923 4 6 — — — 1985 19 24 1 1 11 4th** 1924 5 1 — — — 1986 19 19 1 7 5 3rd** Ev Kjelbertson 1966-68 3 24 41 .369 1925-46 No competition 1987 18 29 3 9 4th** Vern McKee 1964-65 2 21 27 .438 1947 5 3 — — — 1988 15 31 1 11 4th** Roger Shelstad 1963 1 4 9 .308 1951 2 8 — — — 1989 16 22 4 8 3rd** Ross Fortier 1962 1 5 10 .333 1952 8 4 — — — 1990 15 24 0 8 4th** Cliff Rothrock 1955-56 2 19 12 .613 1953 4 4 — — — 1991 13 30 1 0 9 4th** B.C. Bentson 1952-54, 1954 6 4 — — — 1992 16 24 2 10 4th** 1957-61 7 35 53 .398 1955 3 7 — — — 1993 18 19 4 8 4th** Packy Schaffer 1951 1 2 8 .200 1956 16 5 — — — 1994 25 19 7 5 2nd** (5th) 1957 2 6 — — — 1995 23 19 3 4 8 4th** Stan Kostka 1947 1 5 3 .625 1958 7 8 3 3 4th 1996 37 11 8 4 1st** (2nd) F.H. Watkins 1922 1 4 4 .500 1959 2 11 0 6 6th (tie) 1997 24 17 5 3 2nd** (4th) Stan Borleske 1920-21, 1960 2 8 0 6 7th 1998 26 15 10 10 7th 1923-24 4 21 14 1 .597 1961 4 8 0 5 6th (tie) 1999 21 26 7 13 9th Howard Wood 1915 1 8 7 .533 1962 5 10 0 4 7th 2000 32 14 16 4 1st# (4th) Bert Haskins 1914 1 11 2 .846 1963 4 9 3 3 4th 2001 18 14 3 10 10th Art Rueber 1909-13 5 36 16 1 .689 1964 11 16 7 4 3rd 2002 26 13 10 10 4th (tie) 1965 10 11 4 2 2nd 2003 28 18 14 10 4th# (3rd) 1966 5 15 2 8 7th 2004 31 22 18 10 3rd# (1st) 1967 7 18 3 13 7th 2005 10 43 1 — — — Top-Five Bison Overall Records 1968 12 8 5 6 4th 2006 12 41 — — — 1969 14 11 11 5 1st (tie) 2007 16 31 — — — Year W L T 1970 12 4 11 3 2nd 2008 15 30 7 16 8th 1971 13 8 11 7 3rd 2009 16 28 10 14 5th 2012 40 20 0 1972 12 10 8 4 2nd (tie) 2010 22 30 11 16 6th (tie) 1996 37 11 0 1973 20 12 14 6 1st (tie) 2011 22 32 15 12 3rd 2000 32 14 0 2012 40 20 14 10 3rd 2004 31 22 0 2013 26 27 11 13 4th 2017 31 25 0 2014 25 26 10 12 5th 2015 21 30 11 19 5th 2016 29 25 12 18 5th 2017 31 25 19 11 2nd 2018 26 24 15 13 3rd 82 yrs 1139 1327 9 388 514 3 titles – Three NCC titles in 1969, 1973 and 2004 – One NCC Northern Division title in 1996 – One NCC regular-season title in 2000 – One Summit League tournament title in 2014 **NCC Northern Division finish (1983-97). Second placing after division finish indicates NCC playoff finish. #NCC regular-season finish. Second is placing after NCC playoffs. Championship determined at playoff tournament. SINGLE-GAME RECORDS Single-Game Single-Game Individual Records Team Records Most runs scored: 5, Matt Mossey, Wisconsin-Superior, 4/6/2005; Chris Baso, vs. Winona State, 3/20/2004 Most runs scored: 25, at Northwest Missouri State, 3/31/2001 Most hits: 5, fifteen times, last by Kyle Kleinendorst, vs. Northern State, 3/23/2013 Most runs scored in an inning: 13, vs. Indiana (PA), 3/8/1996 Most doubles: 3, Matt Elsenpeter, at Mississippi Valley, 2/19/2017; JT Core, Most hits: 24, three times, last vs. Utah Valley, 5/20/2006 Most hits in an inning: 11, at South Dakota State, 4/10/1996 Concordia-Moorhead, 5/3/2016; Chris Volkmann, Bemidji State, 4/1/2003; Most batters to plate in an inning: 17 vs. Indiana (PA), 3/8/1996; at Matt Mann, at Minnesota-Morris, 4/24/2001; Todd Sather, at St. Cloud State, Dakota State, 4/2/1996 4/21/2000; Corey Eckhoff, vs. Bemidji State, 3/12/2000; Clint Glass, at Valley Most home runs: 7, vs. Stony Brook, 3/19/1998 City State, 4/15/1987 Most walks: 15, vs. Dickinson State, 3/12/2018 Most triples: 2, nine times, last by Ben Petersen at Fort Wayne, 5/15/2016 Most assists: 23, vs. Minn. State Moorhead, 1981 Most home runs: 3, Kole Zimmerman, Mary, 4/15/2008; Jason Hoff, vs. SW Minnesota State, 3/11/1999; Brian Schroeder, at North Dakota, 4/25/1998; Scott Swanson, vs. Indiana (PA), 3/4/1996; Tim Mjos, vs. North Dakota, 5/10/1969 Single-Season Most RBIs: 9, Matt Mann, vs. Nebraska-Kearney, 2/22/2002; Jason Brueske, at Missouri Western State, 3/27/2000 Team Records Most walks: 4, nine times, last by Carter Thompson, vs. Dickinson State, 3/12/2018 HITTING Most times struck out: 5, Nic Obey, at South Dakota State, 5/8/2011; Billy Gazich, at Highest batting average: .358, in 2001 Kansas, 3/8/2008; Todd Sather, Morningside, 5/11/2000; Tony Richards, North Highest slugging percentage: .576, in 2001 Dakota, 5/4/1996; Mike Swanson, North Dakota, 5/4/1996; Mike Swanson, vs.